APNewsBreak: US releases Haitians coming from Mexico

Gregory Bull

Published 11:40 am, Thursday, November 17, 2016

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, Guatamalan Elvin Vazquez, center, holds a Haitian girl migrating with her family, at a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. A surge in border crossings and a lack of immigration jail space have prompted the federal government to start releasing Haitian immigrants who have been entering the country in large numbers in recent months, backtracking on a pledge to jail the migrants. A U.S. government official said the decision to free Haitians arriving in Arizona and California is in response to a lack of jail space. Thousands of Haitians have arrived at the U.S. border with Mexico in recent months, many after traveling 7,000 miles by foot, taxi and bus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)